The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-03-17

protest against the use of white bronze for
monuments The writer believes this material
to be most excellent, as it is durable and at
traetiye to the eye, and has the advantage of
chcapness as compared with marble and granite.
W. K. Garrison, Co. +, 4}d Ind, referring to
the capture of the two pieces Of artillery at
Jenkins's Ferry. on the Camden Trip" says
the guns were taken by the 10Th Iowa and I'd
Ran. He says the 43d Ind. returned from that
expedition with only 100 men out Of $50 who
started.
Personal.
Harlow Chace. Gloversville, N Y, sends a
sketch Of his personal experiences as a private
in Co. L, Goth y. Y. He enlis ed at the age Of
Is, and after some months OF arduOus duty was
Frustrated by disease and wasted to a mere
skeleton. He was entirely broken in health,
and yet he only gets pension Of 81 a month.
He says he voted for Mr.. Cleveland, but If God
viii! forgive him he will never DO it again.
Charles Lewis, Co. q, 18th ILL.,, Westgate,
Iowa, suggests that as many rs possible of the
comrades of his regiment come together at Du-
buque Iowa. during the Department Eneamp-
ment in April and have good time. lie was
taken prisoner in the Spring Of 1864. and was
kept in confinement until the close of the war,
and did not again see his regiment.
n. J. Rogers, Co. A, 5Ist Ohio, West Hope,
O.. was very glad to find in COmrade j. k. p.
Pencil, whose name he saw in The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, an old Andersonvile comrade. He
wrote him at Galena, Kan, and sends copy of
a very pleasant letter received from him, re-
newing the old acquaintance of more than 20
years ago.
George W. Gregg. Co. K, 9Th Mass, Waltham,
Mass, wishes to ask the person who wrote him
postal card from Nashville, Tenn, and signed
himself Colonel, Sth Ga. Cav" to give him
his address in full, as he wishes to write to
him.
J. III. McBurney, Co. K. 18th KY, Marion,
Kan, would like to read something about his
regiment. He says he was severely wounded
at kenesaw.
J.B. McQuiII, Co. B. s2d Mo-, Carthage. o.,
speaks in the highest terms of the benefit he
derives from reading THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Jacob NJ. Stiles, Co. III. sd Ind, Madison,
Ind, says he was prisoner II months and has
been disabled ever since. He receives the mag
nifcent sum of 81 a month.
III. ID. Cromwell, Co. /, S4th H., Paxton,
Neb says that the officer with long whiskers
who led the charge and Tecaptured the Union
brcastw0rks at Franklin was Maj Gen. Stanley,
commanding the Fourth Corps He was wound
ed at the time.
Willis Glover, Irwin, KY, gives brief sketch
of his services during the war, and says the
Government has lost sight OF him, and be feels
that he has been greatly neglected. He is
badly disabled, and il is scarcely possible for him
to support himself, and yet he gets no pension.
John Fort, Co. d. 93d Ohio, GAYS, ILL.,, gives
a sketch of his services in the war. He would
like the address of Col. w. w. Barry. 5th Ky.
w. L. Sanford, Co. l, nth Ill. Cav, Chana, ILL.,,
was pleased to notice in THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE that that splendid officer Mai. III. g. Con-
nelly, of his regiment, is still living. Replying to
the inquiry regardnga history of his regiment
the writer says he prepared one, but it has not
been published for lack oil funds. He hopes some
arrangement will be made to do so soon.
Joseph III. Sypherd, Co. 4, nth Iowa, South
Charleston, o., wishes to ask Comrade Mcclure
whose name recently appeared in The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE, ii he is the Mcclure who
was First Lieutenant of the Residuary Battal
ion Of the 18th Iowa.
Albert J. Cox, Co. /, Goth Ohio. Vanceburg
KY, would be glad to hear from any of his old
comrades. He says he has only heard from one
of them since the war.
j. COlburn, Co. i, 9th NY. Cav, Clare, Mich.
would be glad to see an account OF the GOrdOns
vile raid. lie would like to hear from The
members of Co. i.
Chauneey NJ. Allsrd, Corporal Co. B, 18th U
). Inf, Castle Hill, Me, says that he has neve
| seen anything in print concerning the services
of his regiment at the battle of Gettysburg
He says he received two wounds there, and lay
on the battlefield four days. He is disabled
by reason of his wounds, but is unable Il
been marked on the rolls as a deseFter, which
he, says is a great injustice to him.
+. Il. Noble, Stanley, Kan, would be glad i
| the members of the Regular battery to which
he belonged would write 10 him, espeeiall,
| those who were with him ut the battle Of An
tietam. where he was wounded. His wound Ia
| impaired his memory so that he cannot re
| member names.
Mrs. c. H. Wells, 4537 Evans ave, St. Louis
| H. oil btab rrft-
the death of John Parker, an old soldier VIII
died from want and starvation in that city
, The facts have already been given in THE Ma
TIONAL Tribune. She thinks that if ther
were less red tape and more humanity a
| Washington, such eases as that OF Conrad
Parker would be unknown.
VIM. III. Lewis, Co. III, I1th Conn, Spencer
| w. Va, expresses the pleasure he feels at tn
passage of the recent pension bill by Congress,
| lie would be glad to hear from any of his com
rades.
Lewis F. Parish Ravanna, Mo, says he
getting very tired of the disputes among Oh
comrades, and hopes they will form a new lin
and touch elbows as of old. He says he was tn
:" little one " of his regiment. being but Is year
old when he enlisted, in 1862. He served NOR
than three years, was in many battles, and
prisoner for six months.
| A. e.. Caswell. Co. e.. 18th H., Belknap, Neb
survivors Of the 18th are yet alive and fit 70
duty. The 18th was almost annihilated at tn
battle OF Shiloh. and he THINKS no regiment j
tho service had better record. He would b
glad to hear from any of his old comrades.
David Evans, Frederick, w. Va, wishes I
correct an inadvertent error in the pubIicatio
og his name recently in THE NATIONA
TRIBUNE. Ii should have read David Evan
son of q. b. Evans, 18th Ky.
Chas. l.. Handy, Manton, Mich, writes tbs
one of his grandlathers served under Washing
ton through the whole Of the RevOlutiOnar
war, AMI was in every battle he could get int,
His name was Paul Sawyer. He and his thr5
sons also served in the War of 1872. Th
writer's other grandfather also served throug
the Revolutionary war, losing an eye. Til
writer's father, Horace Handy. rived throug
the War of 1872. The writer himself serve
during the late war and helped 10 lay the pOr
toOn bridge on which the troops crossed
Fredericksburg.
Andrew q. Pringle, Co. G., 10th Ind. Cav
Mitchell. OAK, says his father and two son
all the men in the family went to the war. III
father and brother both gave their lives TIL
writer says he is wholly disabled from doin
any work and draws s. per month. He woul
like to hear from some of his old comrades
W. C. IOring, Co. G., 1lth Ky, Fraser, XIV
speaks of the gallantry of Col s. r. Love, an
the long and faithful services performed b
that regiment. He wishes some one wOuI
write up a sketch of his regiment
s. A. Conner, Go. i, 9th Ohio, Plainfel,
Ind SAYS he has never seen anything in Til
NATIONAL TRIBUNE about Capt. Geo. w. PEI
per. late of the Fifteenth Corps, who wrote
book on Sherman's " March to the Sea" III